Improveivient



W1C.- STRICKLER.

Oil-Tank.

No. 130,762. PatentedAug. 2o, m72.

my an m v l WALTER c. sTEIcKLEE,

PATENT QEErAcE.

or crncnco, ILLrNors.

IMPROVEMENi-IN olLfrANKs.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. l30,762, dated August 20, 1872.

I, WALTER C. STRICKLER, of Chicago, in the cgunty of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented an Improved Oil-Tank, of which the following is a specification:

The following-described invention relates to an improvement in that class of oil-tanks which is provided with pumps for drawing the oil 5 and its nature consists, first, in providing the tank with a measuring-funnel, a pump, and funnel-holder; second, in providing the tank with a sliding semi-conical cover, which is held in position by a grooved rim or flange sliding around the top of the periphery of the tank, as hereinafter fully described and shown.

In the drawing, Figure 1`is an elevation of my improved can with the cover open, and a `portion of the body of the tank, above the partition or inner cover, broken away to show the devices inside; Fig. 2, a vertical section of the tank; Fig. 3, a top view of the tank; Fig. 4, a view ofthe tank with the conical top removed from the body, and the funnel removed from the holder or rack.

A represents the bodyof the tank, which,

independent of the other parts, is not consid ered novel, it being made in the ordinary manner. B represents an inclined metal partition or cover, which serves to support the pump M N and the funnel support or rack F G, and convey the dripping from the pump back into the tank by means of a loosely-itting door, I,

i which is also used for the convenience of acrod, E, to hold the contents in the funnel un-` til they are to be discharged into a receptacle. To hold'the. funnel C in place when it is being iilled I employ a circular frame, Gr, which, supported at a suitable height from the plate B by standards fastened to said plate, as shown in Figs. 1,2, and 4, the front part of the frame G being removed to give room for the funnelhandle D. The dome of the tank is shown at O P, the part O being arranged to slide over the part B, as shown in Fig. 1, t'or the convenience of reaching the devices on the top of plate B. The means for holding the semicover O in position to slide consists of rim S, which is provided with a depression or groove on its inside, titting onto a convex bead or projection, T, on the body of the cam A, as shown at Fig. 2. By this means the dome is securely fastened to the body, and vdust or dirt is effectually excluded from devices underneath. The means for stopping the sliding cover at the proper place consists in a metal rod or strip, O', attached to the part P a little distance from its edge, this stop being necessary in order that cover may be opened and closed without any special care.

Pumps have been used with tanks before 5 so, in the matter of pumps alone with tanks,

there is no novelty. Tanks with domes above have been used; so I claim nothing in the dome, except in the matter ot' construction.

To use the device the cover can be moved Vback by means of the handle w, Fig. 3; after which the pump can be operated by handle N ot' the piston-rod, which will draw the contents of the tank, in part, into measuring-funnel C 5 and when the proper amount has been drawn the funnel is to have its nozzle placed over a receptacle, and the valve-rod E raised in the usual manner or" such funnel. '.llhe fun nel is then replaced in rack G F. The tank is iilled by means of a door, I.

. I claim- 1. The tank provided with with a measuring-funnel, C, funnel-rack Gr F, and pump M N, substantially as described and shown.

2. The tank A provided with a sliding semiconical cover, O, in combination with a grooved rim, S, and a stop O, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

YVALTER C. STRIGKLERL Witnesses:

G. L. OHAPIN,

ISAAC VAN HAGEN. 

